[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c13.4 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.4 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.4 - **Language:** English ### [c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.4) (2) Acceleration: Motion was conceived as a change of place in a particle and incapable of producing another motion; but "the pressure, impact, or other force which produces the first motion produces through that motion a \*samskara\* or persistent tendency to motion (\*vega\*), which is the cause of continued motion in a straight line, i.e., in the direction of the first motion."⁵⁹ A series of \*samskaras\* each generating the one that succeeded it was also conceived. Acceleration is thus logically implied in the writings of Udyotakara, the Doctor of Nyaya (logic). - [Previous: c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.3) - [Next: c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.5) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.4) · Pramāṇa